Icahn Enterprises consented to sell its majority-owned subsidiary, Tropicana Home entertainment Inc., for a total cost of $1.85 billion. The deal will see Tropicana’s realty go to Video gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. and its video gaming and hotel operations to Eldorado Resorts Inc.

“Tropicana was insolvent and desperately needed brand-new management. At that time, we determined this undervalued asset as being a best scenario to deploy our method operandi, by which we look for to get underestimated possessions, nurture, guide and enhance their condition and operations, and to eventually significantly boost value for all shareholders,” Carl C. Icahn, chairman of Icahn Enterprises, said. “We turned Tropicana into a great casino company that today owns 7 gambling establishments.”

The crown gem of its holdings is the 1,882-room Tropicana Casino & & Resort in Atlantic City, which Icahn picked up for $200 million, or about $106,270 per room.

The 7 combined residential or commercial properties included in the deal overall 350,000 casino square feet, 7,416 slot machines, 237 table video games and 4,993 hotel rooms. The list price corresponds to about $370,520 per space.

Tropicana Atlantic City is third-largest grossing gambling establishment in Atlantic City, drawing in $489 million in earnings in 2017 and posting a gross earnings of $91.9 million, according to the NJ Department of Gaming Enforcement. The revenue was an almost 72 percent jump over 2016 earnings.

Eldorado will participate in a triple-net master lease for the acquired properties with an initial term of 15 years, with renewals of up to Twenty Years at Eldorado’s alternative. The initial annual lease under the regards to the lease is expected to be $110 million.

Eldorado will use a portion of those earnings from the sale of the Aruba property to assist money the remaining $640 million of money factor to consider payable in the acquisition.

Eldorado Resorts will end up owning the running assets of seven casinos in six states, including the Tropicana Laughlin Hotel and Casino and the MontBleu Gambling Establishment Resort & & Medical Spa in South Lake Tahoe; as well as gambling establishments in Indiana (Tropicana Evansville); Louisiana (Belle of Baton Rouge Gambling Establishment & & Hotel); Mississippi (Trop Casino Greenville); Missouri (Lumière Place); and New Jersey (Tropicana Casino and Resort, Atlantic City).